EMS EVOLUTION 2018

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Thanks to everyone who participated in EMS EVOLUTION 2018. Now in its fourth year, the 2018 edition featured the largest attendance with over 155 EMS leaders in attendance.

Click here to view photos from the event.

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Click here to view the agenda: Syllabus – EMS EVOLUTION 2018

We listened to your feedback from 2017. EMS EVOLUTION 2018’s leadership track features interactive sessions that will help EMS agencies gain ideas to enhance their operations.

The three-day leadership track’s agenda focuses on business, operations, and clinical issues that affect Texas EMS agencies.

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Once again, EMS billing expert Brian Werfel and Gail Atnip of Novitas will lead this all-day billing/coding course on Tuesday, June 19. Click here to view the agenda: Syllabus – EMS EVOLUTION 2018

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Click here to view the agenda for both Tuesday’s Best Practices Breakfast and Wednesday’s set of lightning rounds: Additional Sessions – EMS EVOLUTION 2018

Wednesday morning’s opening hour will feature a set of lightning rounds:

  • EMS as an Essential Service … Or Not – Dudley Wait (City of Schertz)
  • Limits of Implied Consent – Kristofer Schleicher (MedStar Mobile Healthcare)
  • Disaster Reimbursement – Jason Tyler (Scurry County EMS)
  • Reimbursement for Non-Transports – Matt Zavadsky (MedStar Mobile Healthcare)
  • Blood Labs in EMS – Jonathan Sell (Booker EMS)
  • Hospital Relationships – Jeff Mincy (Coryell Memorial Healthcare System EMS)

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Speaker Biographies

Bios EMS EVOLUTION 2018

Monday’s Leadership Track

Chief_EMS Evolution 2018_Hurricane Harvey June 18. 2018 – TDEM

Drug Diversion Controls TEMSA – Carr – Drug Diversions – Carr

FTO presentation – FTO Presentation

Tuesday’s Leadership Track

Additional Sessions – EMS EVOLUTION 2018 – Best Practices Breakfast

Medical Director Interaction – Medical Director Interaction

Hardest Lesson Learned – What Was the Hardest Lesson That I Learned This Year?

2018 EMS Alliance Conference PTSD – PTSD

2018 EMS Alliance Conference TRE – PTSD Exercises

Tuesday’s Coding Course

Novitas – 2018 – Novitas – 2018

Werfel – Financial Sustainability – 2018 – Financial Sustainability – Brian Werfel

Werfel – Medicare Update – 2018 – Medicare Presentation – Brian Werfel

Wednesday’s Leadership Track

Lightning Rounds – Wednesday – Lightning Round Agenda

Policy Presentation EMS EVOLUTION 2018 – Public Policy Presentation

Medical Director Panel – Medical Director Panel

EMS Agenda 2050 – Update – EMS 2050 Update

Wednesday’s Lightning Rounds

Non-Transport Lightning – Non-Transport Payments

Exemplary Pay Policy – Lightning – Exemplary Pay

Essential Service – Lightning – Wait – Essential Service

Consent – Schleicher – Consent

Point of Care Blood Labs – Lightning Rounds – Blood Labs

Hospital Relationships – Lightning Rounds – Hospital Relationships

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The La Torretta Lake Resort is a family-friendly venue. Many attendees brought their families to our past conferences.

EMS EVOLUTION 2018 will feature two networking events: a welcome reception on Monday evening and a dinner for all attendees and their guests on Tuesday night.

Dinner for your guests will be included in your registration fee for the Tuesday night dinner. We simply ask that you register all of your guests for the Tuesday night dinner.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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The hotel deadline is June 1, 2018.
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Registration Rates

Your EMS agency must pay its annual membership dues by May 15, 2018 in order to access the member discount.

TEMSA’s early registration discount expired on May 15, 2018. Click here for online registration.

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General Sessions
(Three Days)

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Coding Course
(Tuesday Only)

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MEMBER

$325.00 (early)

$375.00 (regular)

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NON-MEMBER

$475.00 (early)

$525.00 (regular)

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MEMBER

$200.00 (early)

$225.00 (regular)

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NON-MEMBER

$275.00 (early)

$300.00 (regular)

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Sponsors

The EMS EVOLUTION 2018 exhibit hall is sold out.  Thank you to all of our sponsors for 2018.

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Title

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Platinum

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Available!

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Gold

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Silver

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Aladtec

Acadian Ambulance

Ambulance Medical Billing (AMB)

American Medical Response (AMR)

Columbia Southern University

Emergicon

EMS Management & Consultants

Ferno

1st Pass Healthcare Solutions

Grant Mercantile Agency

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Health Claims Plus

Henry Schein

ImageTrend

Nationwide Recovery Systems

PCG Health

Professional Ambulance Sales & Service

Smith Reed & Armstrong

Stryker

Teleflex

VFIS of Texas/WinStar Insurance Group

Wittman Enterprises

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Sponsorship Information

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Thank you to all of our sponsors. The EMS EVOLUTION 2018 exhibit hall has sold out.

Full details regarding sponsorship and exhibitor opportunities can be found here: EMS EVOLUTION 2018 – Sponsor Prospectus

Click here to view exhibitor information.

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Venue

TEMSA has secured a special rate of $134/evening (plus a $5.00 resort fee) at the La Torretta Lake Resort. Click here to make online reservations. Or call 936.448.4400 and mention the “Texas EMS Alliance” rate.

The hotel deadline is June 1, 2018.

La Torretta Lake Resort | 600 La Torretta Blvd | Montgomery, TX  77356
United States | + Google Map

 

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